Urgency the fact that the whole season is practically a tournament. If you lose, your national champion aspirations are pretty much done.

Therefore, any realignment, national champ scheme has to honor these two.

TraditionRivalries. Realignment based on historical rivalries (except Notre Dame-USC).
Bowl Affiliation. Return to Cotton Bowl-Southwest Conference, Orange Bowl-Big 8, Rose Bowl-Big Ten-Pac-10, and Sugar Bowl-SEC affiliations.
Conference Character. This has already lost much truth, and the natural evolution of the game will continue to undermine its existence.

UrgencyI think any sort of playoff system will destroy the sense of urgency that accompanies every Saturday. You're not going to be as worried about losing a game if you know there's a tournament at the end "that really matters." I say stick with the traditional bowl matchups (and put them back on New Year's Day). Just add the flexibility to add a playoff, as needed, after the bowls. After the bowl games, if there is more than one team with the best record, you take all the teams with the best record and throw into a playoff, seeded by a selection committee.
To the argument that you can't schedule a playoff that late, I say, look at Major League Baseball. You have no way of knowing if Games 5, 6, and 7 will be necessary, but the option is there if needed.

Just my $0.02

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You keep saying "obviously" when in fact, what you are saying is the furthest thing from. If you lose one, you'd still most likely get into a 16-team tournament. In 2004, a 16-team tourney would have given a handful of 2-loss (Georgia, VA Tech, Iowa, LSU, Mich, Wisconsin) and a couple of 3-loss teams (Miami & Tennessee) a chance to win the national championship. If 1, 2, or even 3 losses don't matter, what value is the regular season?

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Obviously you have that same incentive with a 16 team playoff.

If only 16 out of 117 teams are going then 2 loses makes it hard to get in.

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You keep saying "obviously" when in fact, what you are saying is the furthest thing from. If you lose one, you'd still most likely get into a 16-team tournament. In 2004, a 16-team tourney would have given a handful of 2-loss (Georgia, VA Tech, Iowa, LSU, Mich, Wisconsin) and a couple of 3-loss teams (Miami & Tennessee) a chance to win the national championship. If 1, 2, or even 3 losses don't matter, what value is the regular season?

It makes it more valuable than the BCS.

As soon as a team loses 1 game, who gives a hoot about the rest of their season? It might as well be over.

With a playoff, your team can lose 1 or maybe 2 and still be in the playoff. Lots more people will watch the regular season with a playoff.

Well that's different. I can't defend the BCS. It also sounds like you and I place priority on different aspects of the game. I like the urgency of every week. You want to protect a team from the occassional fluke loss against a lesser team.

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It makes it more valuable than the BCS.

As soon as a team loses 1 game, who gives a hoot about the rest of their season? It might as well be over.

With a playoff, your team can lose 1 or maybe 2 and still be in the playoff. Lots more people will watch the regular season with a playoff.

Well that's different. I can't defend the BCS. It also sounds like you and I place priority on different aspects of the game. I like the urgency of every week. You want to protect a team from the occassional fluke loss against a lesser team.

All I know is that more people will be watching the regular season games with more interest in my system.

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